“Disruption, it looks like black magic, particularly when your lunch is getting eaten. In a uniquely human paradox, success is usually at the root of the problem.” – John Sumser
It’s not possible to wade through everything you’d like to read, watch, discuss, or think about. The information explosion forces us all to specialize, but not without a cost.
HR and Recruiting leaders are routinely subjected to the requirement to maintain the status quo while imagining some sort of future. The very existence of the function depends on succeeding at both. Sadly, it’s a double bind.
Why should you care about product managers? Because these are the people designing how you work.
“Even with the data indicating employee engagement should have the same respect and funding as say sales or marketing, companies still aren’t investing in it, and those that are, are still not seeing the promised returns. You have to ask why?” – Paul Hebert
John Sumser looks at the emerging shape of contemporary organizations.
Our five+ links is a look back on HR Tech. Some things have changed; others haven’t at all.
The things we used think of as public are now really, really public. Where there was once a grey zone between public and private, there’s now a sharp differentiation.
When the advance of human augmentation reaches a certain point, we’re going to have to start figuring out the new work and how to pay people whose work is mostly done by machine.
“And as a department, as a profession and as individuals – HR is trying to chase both rabbits.” -Paul Hebert










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